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We've got an exciting new release for you today. Since we launched PlexSync, and enabled apps like Kepler and the Roku to use the new transcoder, we've heard a few complaints that the new transcoder was slower than the old one. Just recently we got a sample, ran some tests, and made some changes that should make the new transcoder much faster (like 2x to 3x faster) for both streaming and sync conversion. Please try this out, and let us know how it works for you, but I would also expect it to resolve a number of stuttering/buffering issues, because of the increased speed. What can I say, it's Thursday, I'm optimistic.

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Another new preview release. More sync and transcoder fixes. We are working hard on getting that experimental transcoder into best possible shape, please continue to test the experimental transcoder and report any transcoding errors or oddities.

We've fixed the various issues with Linux reported in the last build (missing agent, scans failing, etc.). This was a packaging issue, and so none of the actual code changed, if you downloaded the earlier version of this release for other platforms.

Pretty large update to DLNA in this release, please bang on it and let us know how it works! Also, please beat up on Windows, we moved to new Visual Studio release and want to make sure everything is working well. Lastly, let us know if ARM-based NAS devices behave any better with the tweaks we've made.

N.B. Xbox 360 users will want to delete their photo cache, which is located here (specifically the PhotoTranscoder folder).

This release needs careful testing on all platforms (QNAP unavailable right now, I will work on that later in the week). We are in the process of making our automated build infrastructure even more awesome (more machines! faster machines!), which means that I would not be surprised if there are issues with some of the platforms/builds.

Please report any failures in the preview forum. Otherwise it's a nice batch of changes:

NEW:

Better support for servers which can only remux video, not transcode it.

Add default settings when using TheMovieDB as a primary agent.

Support for AC3 5.1 on ATV via AirPlay or PlexConnect. (enable in advanced settings)

Media analysis now captures VFR.

Add orientation attribute to videos and photos.

(API) Add skipSubtitles=1 on universal transcode endpoint for clients who can overlay them.

FIXES:

Offsets for /library/sections/X/firstCharacter were wrong in some cases, affecting alpha-scrolling on iOS.

It adds back the QNAP build (sorry!) and should fix any issues which made 0.9.7.x run better (e.g. the On Deck issue). You'll probably want to recreate your BIF files (--index --force), or you can be clever and delete any big/tiny ones with "find" and then run a normal --index.

FIXES:

- Transcoder failed with subtitles and interlaced video.

- Big speedup for global recently added.

- Massive (100x) speedup for On Deck (regression from 0.9.7)

- Fixes for giant BIF files and empty BIF files.

- Syncing music albums could fail if they needed media analysis.

- Issue with SRT files not working on the Roku due to missing trailing blank line.

- Restrict access properly for shared users on local network.

- Issue with RTMP channels and the universal transcoder.

- Fix the "Allowed networks" preference to work correctly with any networks.